Independent Bloc (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Independent Bloc

*Nezavisni blok* / Независни блок
Independent Bloc Nezavisni blok / Независни блок
President	Senad Šepić
Founded	10 September 2017; 4 years ago
Split from	Party of Democratic Action
Headquarters	Sarajevo
Ideology	Civic nationalism; Conservatism;
Political position	Centre-right
HoR BiH	1 / 42
HoP BiH	0 / 15
HoR FBiH	1 / 98
HoP FBiH	0 / 58
Assembly of RS	0 / 83
Website
	nezavisniblok.ba
	Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Political parties; Elections;

The Independent Bloc (Bosnian: Nezavisni blok / Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Независни блок, abbreviated NB/НБ) is a centrist and conservative^[1] political party^[1] in Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[1] Its current leader is Senad Šepić.

History[]

The Independent Bloc was founded in 2017^[2] after three SDA members of the House of Representatives, Senad Šepić, Sadik Ahmetović and Salko Sokolović, received warnings from SDA's president Bakir Izetbegović that they will be removed from the party because they voted against increasing excise taxes for petroleum and petroleum products. Not willing to vote on the excise taxes SDA removed Šepić and gave a "penalty card" to the other two.^[3] Not long after all of them left the party and formed the delegates club of the Independent Bloc which would soon after become a separate political party.

Elections[]

Parliamentary elections[]

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year	#	Popular vote	HoR	Seat change	HoP	Seat change	Government
2018	11th	41,511	1 / 42		0 / 15		opposition

Presidency elections[]

Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Election year	#	Candidate	Votes	%	Representing	Elected?
2018	5th	Senad Šepić	29,922	5.15%	Bosniaks	No

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Bosnia-Herzegovina". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
^ "U Sarajevu osnovan Nezavisni blok, za predsjednika izabran Senad Šepić (FOTO)". Klix.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 6 October 2018.
^ "Šepić isključen iz SDA, trojici funkcionera ukor". Al Jazeera Balkans (in Bosnian). 24 April 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

[Nordsieck-1] Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Bosnia-Herzegovina". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 11 October 2018.

[2] "U Sarajevu osnovan Nezavisni blok, za predsjednika izabran Senad Šepić (FOTO)". Klix.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 6 October 2018.

[3] "Šepić isključen iz SDA, trojici funkcionera ukor". Al Jazeera Balkans (in Bosnian). 24 April 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

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